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Ilig Increase In P.E.I.Production Cheese 8i Butter

so increase of 8.! _ com, in hi‘ Iiffiductlon and .4 per cent cheese productim was achieved yssr by Prime Edward Island 0111170811. ED011811 Mr. W. Roger- soii, Dominion dairy produce grad.

q st yester 's annual meeting ei the PEI. ii-ymears Ausocig- lion. The i048 butter production

was 3.533.306 . omn- Ked with 2,644,614 lbs. in 194i, eese production last year wgg M11973 lbs. as compared with 106.70! lbs. In 1M1. Mp E- 6- Helm. DeSsble. was re- ected president at yesterday ‘ ‘s session. Other officers elected were: vice accident. Lleut. .1. J. MacDonald, lenflnriim: retary - Treasurer, I. (i. Wright; au tor. J. G. Dennis. Directors named were: J. Uricoln Dewar. New Perth, for King's Bounty: Walter Buntain, Ruatioo, Queen's and C. E. Gamble, n. for Prince. president ltolm was in the chair Ind follflwink his opening remarks the financial statement was sub. fitted by secretary S. C. Wright. e activities of the year were lien reviewed In a address In Bolas. ln the afternoon vie addressed we m. . w. ‘Parn- ailiaics chairman of the National irlnancs Committee, who urg- ed the daIrvn-ien to get solidly be- iind ariv financial drives to raise tuids for Canada's war effort. Matters pertaining to the cheese ustrv in general and the Cheese rd In ‘particular were dealt with In a talk U? Mi‘. W. R. Show. iv minister of Agriculture and Ii was followed bv an interesting lime demonsnmtion given by Mr.

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"Free Sound Movies. National 711m Board. t. Stewart, ‘will! York Tuesday. Sprink Park v cdnesday. Parkdole Thursday.

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Au explosion shattered win- dows Iu several houses on the Mount Edward Bead, about o mile from Charlottetown last night. No one was injured but lsi two houses plaster was brokers In addition to dolfllgo loos to windows.

The explosion occurred at a- bout 11.26 p.ru. About uu hour later and after considerable search a bole ten feet across

residences of Mr. Gordon Warren and Mr. Pres- ton Beck, on the Mount Ed- ward Road. Later what was taken to be two unexploded bombs were also located not far awsy.

The Royal Alr Force and the lloyll Canadian Mounted Po- llce were Informed and Inves- tigated. A guard was left on the apparently unexploded bomb. Residents nearby were told that they need riot vacate their houses, however.

Ru ll Alr Force official. made no s tement.

The explosion shook bulldin in Charlottetown and many oi - Irena were inquiring as to the cause.

Plans‘ were heard clrcll around at the time and u- though air force officials mode no statement It was believed two machines landed at the airport here sud that a third when was In tbegrou did not» laud although It for a tilueultgwal-belleyed ‘the bombs were dropwsl from the tlslrd' machine wlilc seemed to be In difficulties. o planes were understood to he from a base in Nova scotia.

Members of the Royal Can- adian Mounted Police had not returned from investigating and the office had no statement to mule.

Group 0f Canuck Troops llome

By THE (JANADIAN PRESS

Headed by high-ranking and decorated officers, Canadian troops with experience on the world's far- flung baltlefrouts are now back in the Dominim. res to take up new operational duted hero.

Wearing the D.S.O. on his khaki tunic was Col. Arthur Hayward Fraser. the coihmandin who led the al Reg ent of Canada on the arge up the DI- o beaches. fie was enroute to

l. We.

With him was Brig. J. P. U. Ar- chamboult. director of organisa- tion for the Canadian army bs- fore going overseas, now returning to a t in Ottawa.

A ecoi-ated air force officer was F0. L. L. Sharpe of Saskatoon. 23-year old sci-upper who von his spurs In the African campaign.

Besides the D.F.C. this youthful flier also wore the insignia of the order of the flying bcot. and i-hl badge of the Caterpillar Club.

Two other air force acraopers- better known in the rink than In the skies-in the movement were:

Warrant Officers Gus Eichel of Indian Head, Sank, and D. M. Su- therland of Moose Jaw. Sask.

Eichel, a sImon-pure worker. re- tired In i039 to Io mic the M!‘ force R5 undefeated amateur light- hesvyweight champion. Suther- land, a professional. once laid claim m he welterweight title of western Canada.

a United States army aerierll m; in the movement, along with a Netherlands rear irll. 50th

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h aded for Washington. but 3:; refused to divulge their iden- tities or their missions.

Farmers In’ _I Lively, g Heated Discussion a

Li l , heated discussion f WY ‘emnati of the

praise Mob-

or. an illzatlon Boards policy took place address gl-

last night followin an ven by Mr. B. P. rial-tier. Monctoii. inteudsnt of Un- srn oymsmt insurance and No- tional Selective Service at the meeting of the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture held last ailm-

The President, Mr. J. J. Trainer of Betlfcrd was in the chair.

Mr. Hartley explained how Se- lective Service endeavours to rc- lieva the grave situation facing farm labour today. lle briefly outlined the set-up and polity o! National Selective Service. which aims to have woidrers and poten- tial workers, placed so that the? can be of the atsst advantage in the war effo .

Mr. J. Bunbury. disapproved of the prac- tise of giving permits to farm help for winter work on tho mainland. He did not believe farm work We!

orial". ‘

Capt. J. L. Read, Borden M»! objection to stating that boys should not he deprived of earninl a. dollar In the winter while the work on the farm was slack.

R. Allison Profiitt of Freetown, vigorously protested against the "tantalizing" methods V! M"; llizatlcn Board which hounds young men till they do enlist. ln the name of common sense. Mr. Proifltt asked “if they're not look- ing for rmanerg. jobs for them- selves. WK; doesn't the Boa-rd grant the youn men on the farm indel- miie pos ponement? ‘mere has been the highest per caplta enlist- ment in Canada from Prince Ed- ward Lsland for times were so hard in the Province they Well

strait vuayi I Form Party

OTTAWA. Feb. M -(CP)— Hon. P. J. A. Cardin, questioned on per- sistent reports that he was about to form a new part v which would include the l4 members -wh0 sup- ported hlm in last night's vote on his sub-ame -‘ ‘ lo the address in- reply to the Speech from the Throne. said today that "any move of that nature would depend on circumstances."

One Quebec member sitting on the op sltlon» side said, however. that I wiu his "understanding" that Mr. Cardin planned to form a new party. ‘This member declined to permit use of his name.

Churchill llas Pneumonia But ls Improving

LONDON. Feb. 24 -(CP)- A bulletin from 10 Downing Street disclosed Ibr the first time today that Prime Minister Churchill has been suffering from pneumonia.

Announcing that "there ls a general improvement In the Prime Minister's condition," the state- ment said "the pneumori' a clearing but his temperature has not yet settles?‘

Previously it was announced that Churchill was suffering from acute cutarrh. He had been in bed since last week.

Fllll! DESTROY! CHURCH

TOWER OHIO. 14.8.. Feb. It — (Om- Fire of unknown origin to- day destroyed the Union Church here, used lointly by the Anglican and United Church conrreaations In this village near Shelburne. The

loss was estimated st 00.000.

‘Plane Flies 2,000 Miles With No One Aboard

WASHINGTON. Ibb. M—(A.P)— ‘mis Is the story of a United States army plane that flew 2.000 miles with no one amdb, 32m after m

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ed ou .

Shortly after noon the ncrtday Mexican authorities reporiAd s pllns had crashed In the m t- alns of northern Mexico-a report which gave the air transport oom- msnd a first-class mystery for several days, because no lucli

pposed to be In that

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-War Situation Last Night .

I) Klrks L Bllllillon, Associated Pffls War Analyst

Iveu before the full scope of contributing causes of an air-harried Nod retreat In Central Tunisia become clear. bhors ls reason to believe that It marks a major Axis defeat fro! ‘ with mounting potentialities of disaster. -

Overnight the trench In Tunisia altered lncalcislably In Allied favor. Rommel, the Nssl desert fox. bids fair now to be caught In a trap of lsls own making, assuming he still ls in command in south and south- Contrul Tunisia. lls risked and lost much to mohlrws little.

O Q I I U

‘filsst he must retreat, once his deopsraic surprise move to deal the thinly-hold Allied centre u crippling blow hid stalled against Anglo- ‘ resistance, was obvious even before his backward race to Kassaerlno Gap started. ill; only hops lay In a quick, complete break- through to the Tebessa junction key which threatened to unhlngc the whole northern end of the Allied front in Tunisia. The thrust failed by s perilously olose margin.

It ls the nature of bold and rlfly military soups such as the Null commander attempted, however, that I they fall. the last case of the attacker l. likely to be worse than In the first from which he oougiht to escape. Rommel staked much, perhaps the fate of the whole Axls Army In Tunisia and control of the Tunisian tip, on that massed tan]: effort to break-through to Tebssn or beyond. To hlm as to every aggressor loot Initiative h a loot battle.

O O O O I I

First Impressions of his retreat suggest Kauserino Gap as the line where he hopes to stand on the defensive. Yet there seems no logical reason to expect that. Once the British 8th Army strikes all-out galnsl tho Axis rear guard iholdlng the Mareih Line front to the south, the heaviest armor and most seasoned crow; available to the Axis command- er would be urgently needed there.

Implicit in Manuel's attempt to withdraw his Kasserine Gap spear- head, once he realized that his drive at Tebesso and Thain had been foiled, Ia his expectation of heavy British blows In the south. Eye-witness accounts tell of the skies above his narrow, mountain flanked escape routes filled with American and British bombers.

That retreat seems certain to prove more ‘costly to the Axis In men, tanks, guns and trucks than the advance. It obviously is a salvage operation. A stand on greatlyshortened defensive lines In the centre, possibly back to the scene of the Initial Axle break-through at Fold Pass, might permit disengagement of tank forces ‘s hack up the Mareth Line. Yet even to reach that point would be difficult without disastrous losses under the furious and sustained Allied air attack now in progress.

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This is admittedly looking farther ahead than ilhe news yet warr- ants. Romrncfa immediate purpose In retreat rnlg-ht be only to recall the dangerously ’ elements north of Kusserlne Gap while he made _. “ for new blows. ,

“e-crthcleas, li. I; an admission of fall e.

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Soviet Army Still Surging Westward

Topples Several More Axis Strongliolds In Race Against Spring Breakup.

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LONDON, Feb. 25 —('l‘liiii-silsy)-——((‘P)— This Red Army surging westward over a 300-milc front In a race az-iinst still"! mud W"! Telluri- ed early today to have toppled several more Axis strongholds drive toward Poltavu and Konlop. Ukraine rail junction, guarding the approaches to the Nari Dnlcper River line.

The lrgulsr ..’ ' ‘ , " ' ht Moscow . ‘_ recorded by the Soviet Monitor sold another large populated place west of Kharkov had fallen, reported fresh gains In the effort to encircle Orel. hinge of the southern and central fronts. and told of the trapping of two Ger- man battalions (approv-‘zmately 1,800 men) in the western Caucasus.